Today such customs are fairly widespread in parts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America: in former times it occurred also in Europe. ... The aristocracy of some cultures, as in the European feudal era tended to use child marriage as a method to secure political ties. ... Unlike divorce, mi'un was regarded with distaste by many rabbinic writers, even in the Talmud; in earlier classical Judaism, one major faction - the House of Shammai - argued that such annulment rights only existed during the betrothal period (erusin) and not once the actual marriage (nissu'in) had ...

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(Baker 131) Nevertheless, unlike majority of females, these two women both retained the power of self-expression in their marriages and greatly influenced their husbands. ... Her individuality was reflected as early as in her marriage ceremony, void of traditional female rituals and parents" presence, to her travels to Europe on her own. ...

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